Nancy McClure

McCracken Research Library researchers studying the American West find a multitude of resources from current publications to original historic documents. This was the Reading Room as arranged in 2005.
August 13, 2021

This Library is Anything but Quiet – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2005 This Library is Anything but Quiet By Nathan Bender, Former Curator, McCracken Research Library Norman…

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Audrey Roll-preissler (b 1932). "Trojan Piñata (Portrait of Alan Simpson)," 1987. Polychromed wood with paper, 21.25 x 32.5 x 14.75 inches. Gift of the artist. 10.93 (detail)
August 6, 2021

A Modern Day “Hole-in-the-Wall” Gang’s Unexpected Journey – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineWinter 2010 A Modern Day “Hole in the Wall” Gang’s Unexpected Journey By Whitney Western Art Museum…

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William F. Cody with Native American performers in the Wild West arena, 1890–1910. MS 6 William F. Cody Collection, McCracken Research Library. P.69.897
July 30, 2021

The One that Got Away… A Photo, That Is – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2016 The One that Got Away… A Photo, That Is By Tom F. Cunningham The ways…

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Grizzly bear. C.R. Preston photo. (detail)
July 23, 2021

Last of the Wild West: the Yellowstone Grizzly Bear – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2007 Last of the Wild West: the Yellowstone Grizzly Bear By Charles R. Preston, PhD It…

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W.H.D. Koerner (1878–1938). "The Road to Oregon (Lone Travel, or Travel in Groups of a Few, as Andy Had Known it, Was Practically a Thing of the Past)," 1933. Oil on canvas. Gift of Ruth Koerner Oliver. 6.92.2 (detail)
July 16, 2021

Traveling West Page by Page – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineFall/Winter 2014 Traveling West Page by Page By Henry M. Yaple “To those with ears to hear,…

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Artist-in-Residence Jeff Rudolph in the Whitney Western Art Museum.
July 13, 2021

Artists-in-Residence enliven Center of the West’s museum spaces

Each summer, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West welcomes artists-in-residence to its museum galleries to demonstrate their artistic techniques and share…

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